Style - Thriftshops

     So first of all I just want to recognize that Macklemore has it right...

 

      ... And second of all, I want to tell you how incredibly amazing thrift stores are and why exactly you should shop at them all the time forever and ever.

Reason 1 - Going thrifting is almost like an adventure. You walk in not knowing what you will find, where you will look, and most of the time, what you are looking for. So when you do find a treasure, you feel a sense of accomplishment that can't be found at Abercrombie, and if you didn't find that one perfect piece, at least you were able to get a good laugh at all the ridiculous clothes from past decades. 

Reason 2 - Some thrift shops are FULL of old, adorable, vintagey stuff. The pink roller blades with wooden wheels, the little hand bags your grand mother would have had in high-school, and the denim jacket with all the patches. So awesome.

Reason 3 - A lot of thrift shops donate some of their profits to various charities, and by re-wearing new clothes you're keeping all that old stuff out of a landfill, and also not supporting the companies making brand new clothes in factories fueled by orphan tears in China. YAY! 

Reason 4 - If you thrift, your wardrobe will be completely original, and you will never have to worry about your friend wearing the exact same outfit again (Simone and I have encountered this difficulty in the past). Also, an incredibly unique closet will lead to a completely unique style, and who doesn't want to feel that they are a leader of a new fashion movement? Huh? 

Reason 5 - I recently bought 5 shirts at a thrift store for $25, black, high-top converse for $10, and a little sundress for $8. My point? You will save a heck of lot of money and have lots of dough left over for that Birkin right? Um no. Because after all your amazing finds at used-clothes places, you will realize that who made your clothes is the last thing that matters. 

Reason 6 - If you have the right friends, they will be impressed/jealous/followers of your very affordable, awesome, and truly one-of-a-kind style. Trust me.

~ Adair

Why I Love Pinterest

1. The impossible nail tutorials

2. The DIY earring organizers

3. All the ADORABLE vintagey stuff

4. The amazing clothes you're not sure you'd actually ever wear out of the house

5. The converse

6. The incredible ideas that would be near impossible to make happen

7. The hair that you really really really wish you had

8. The seemingly simple hair tutorials
(...and then you just pull the hair through here, add some bobby pins, and you're good!)

        expectation:

        Result:

9. The awesome art

10. The awesome street art

11. The book quotes

12. The really pathetic, totally relatable, but mostly just pathetic pictures with words

13. The fooOOOOOOOoooddd! (drools)

14. The makeup you could never do yourself

15. All the random hilarious awesomeness

~Adair

Three Trends

     Being an avid (addicted) pinterester, I've been noticing a couple trends that have been pasting themselves to everyone's (my) boards lately. The first one, high wasted shorts, is my personal favorite. I think they're much more comfortable than regular short shorts, and make it possible to wear a crop top without showing your entire midriff to the world. My usual solution to the crop top dilemma is to wear a plane old cami underneath, but when it's 105 degrees in the shade, the closer you are to naked, the better. So yeah! High-wasted shorts? Awesome.

     Trend number two is one I'm not so sure about. Sometimes it can be awesome. The rest of the time it's just like woah! Frankenstein shoe! Know what I'm talking about? Yup, it's the sneakery-heeled-brightly-colored-crazy-and-ocasionally-studded-but-not-really-having-a-name-shoe. Here's a pic guys.

     You've probably seen this type of thing before, and as I've said, I'm not sure what I think about it. I enjoy the concept of this trend, but would never actually wear myself. This is also one of those things that well done, can be really awesome (see the picture below), and other times makes me want to throw up a little (see the picture above). So yeah. Like all other trends, it will pass, and I don't think I'll be all that sad to see it go.

     Alright guys, the final trend. In my opinion, this one has already come and gone, but I still wanted to talk about it. GALAXY PRINT. Love it? Hate it? Still not really sure? I tend to think about it in the way I think about the heeled sneakers; sometimes it's awesome, sometimes it's just... really really not. But I've noticed a rule of sorts, and that is that galaxy print is good in small amounts; when you're plastered in swirls of blue and purple, we have a problem. Shoes? Amazing. Bags? Awesome. Shorts? Great. Shirts? Good. Tights? Uh. Please don't. Yeah. 

     Alright, so that's my opinion on a couple current trends, do with it what you will.

~Adair

P.S. Let me know if you want more fashion related posts!

Random Post! (or: What Happens When We Are Bored)

Adair and I did this today when we were bored! These shoes used to be plain gray...but not any more.

What do ya think? 

~Simone